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I did not have any
expectations of the city. I compiled a list of twenty-something items to see
and experience, and tossed away the attempts to imagine how those
items might manifest itself in reality. Until the very morning of the
departure, I held on to the bliss of denial, and it didn't dawn on me that I
was going to a different country until I was on the way to the airport. When you have no
expectations, the reality surpasses the highest of them. When you are not
looking for anyone particular, you encounter the people you’ve been awaiting for years.
When you let the road guide you, it brings you to the most wonderful
destinations. Our road brought us to Istanbul. Istanbul welcomed us
with innumerable tulips and a gorgeous sunset. It charmed us tirelessly, and
we fell in for this charm without resistance.

It gave us a cozy
little apartment to stay overnight and countless sights to explore during the
day. It woke us up at dawn with overlapping calls of muezzins and the smells of f…